Little Miss Attila does a nice send-off for Peter Graves, one of the most influential actors in my formative years. His role in Mission Impossible in some small way led me joining the military - and his characters actions reflected honorably upon himself and (in character) upon what a benevolent society will do to protect its interest and people. In other words, how our country USED to be. Graves' legacy was so poorly portrayed in the Tom Cruise films - I shudder thinking of them.
Graves was part of possibly the most unheralded team of brother actors ever - his brother Peter Arness (both were born Aurness) played Marshall Dillion in Gunsmoke from 1955-1975. Gunsmoke was the bellwether of early American dramas, and once the longest running weekly show on television. It was "must-see TV" in my home; viewed "in living color" on the 21 inch tube-filled Zenith TV with 2 remotes (my sister and I, turning the dials and adjusting the volume as parented requested).
This blog will self-destruct in 5 seconds. RIP Peter, good luck. And in remembrance, some of your best work outside MI....
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